Big Ron Manager Ep4 (1/4)
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- Big Ron Manager is a television documentary series based on Ron Atkinson's efforts as a troubleshooter at the English football club Peterborough United, at the time playing in Football League Two. The series was screened on Sky TV in 2006.
Originally, the show was going to feature Swindon Town and Sky spent around four weeks filming there before being asked to leave by the Swindon management. Peterborough United received a fee of around £100,000 from Sky TV for access to the changing rooms and for Ron Atkinson to assist the rookie manager Steve Bleasdale. Bleasdale was unhappy at Atkinson's involvement in the changing room and subsequently banned him and the cameras from the changing rooms on matchdays. However, later in the series Bleasdale relented after being overruled by Chairman Barry Fry.
Some scenes caused quite a stir in Peterborough when the show was aired, including a dressing room brawl between Mark Arber and Paul Carden and Bleasdale rowing with youngsters Sean St Ledger and Adam Fry.
St Ledger joked about suing Sky TV, after claiming the programme showed him as the team's bad boy, which he denied. The media alighted on this, and he was later forced to clarify that the statement was in fact, a joke.
There were several instances during the filming of Atkinson upsetting Bleasdale:
Although the club were short of funds, he persuaded Barry Fry to hire a goalkeeping coach in Tony Godden
Suggesting during an injury crisis to go for Queens Park Rangers striker Stefan Moore on loan. However Bleasdale overruled Atkinson and instead snapped up Lloyd Opara on a free transfer from a local team.
In April 2006, Bleasdale walked out of Peterborough United only 70 minutes before a game against Macclesfield. It was later reported that this was due to clashes with Atkinson. Chairman Barry Fry put himself in charge for the final two games of the season.
Big Ron Manager was regarded as a low point in the fortunes of Peterborough United. However, it proved the catalyst for future revival. Property businessman Darragh MacAnthony-who previously had no connection with the club-watched the show on television and a few months purchased the club and later became chairman. Under MacAthony's investment and his appointment of Darren Ferguson as the club's manager in 2007, Peterborough gained promotion to League One in 2008 and then to the Championship in 2009.
Episode 4
Part 1: • Big Ron Manager Ep4 (1/4)
Part 2: • Big Ron Manager Ep4 (2/4)
Part 3: • Big Ron Manager Ep4 (3/4)
Part 4: • Big Ron Manager Ep4 (4/4) - Sport
'In the future I will be a good manager' - he is now a wedding photographer. Apparently he loses it when the bride and groom are not standing in the right position.
Apparently he has a successful business that has been going for nearly 15 years now. So a successful businessman, with a nice house, a family, experience in professional footy and an ex manager. Decent life
@@tooshlongHi Steve
@@ANDCFC95 fraid not. Think he's a shit man manager that wasn't given space to develop with a camera shoved under his nose and a racist tosspot undermining him at every turn, whilst nobodies online laugh at him. Brutal.
@@ANDCFC95 😂😂😂
I feel sooo bad for Steve bleasdales hat
Lol.
That Bleasdale guy needs to calm down!
Hope his hat got correct counselling after the beating it took
This has been a great watch.
Yeah but more like a Casio than a Rolex!
I re watch it every few years, funniest thing I’ve ever watched 😂
@@arond88 The greatest TV show of all time.
The soundtrack's a nice trip down memory lane
3:10 He gives "150%" !! Jesus wept. Not 110%
St ledger cost himself a big club move with his attitude.bleasedake mistake was not listening to Ron
Bleasedale's mistake was to be blatantly used as someone Fry didn't mind ruining a relationship with, for a quick buck. Undermined from minute 1 with this Ron thing. Great doc tho
Imagine if you are an amateur manager and you somehow get big Ron in with you only to ignore him!!??
Not surprising he's a photographer now
Can’t wait to watch Steve in a Derby. Although I am a Boston fan
Bleasdale was a head case, and that is clearly not a quality you would expect from a football manager.
You've not watched much football have you, with that stoopid statement.
Andy legg 😂 didn’t see him utter a word
Giving 115% is a not a good thing Bleasdale. Makes you sounds like a nob filled with bad cliches. You got sent to the stands already. Why not try giving just the 100.
Rule #1: Never get involved with the fans. You never lose focus on your team.
Says a FIFA expert.
when i say battle you FUCKING BATTLE!!!!
Steve had so much passion but not enough knowledge. If he had of toned it down and listened to advice he could of been a half decent manager. I think his pride was his downfall.
Not about the knowledge and more about his poor man management. Everything was negative. Even when he was giving pep talks. His players stopped listening. Ultimately though, his players weren't very good.
If he carried on like that at a Sunday League match he'd get knocked out.
He wins one game and thinks he is going to be a great manager. How many goals did Opara score.
Evans now Posh manager
9 now
Fucking hell Evans, way to drill home the point that we are broke
I feel sooo bad for Steve bless sales gay
Well, 4 now with this one.@Shaun Chapman
pathetic zombie players , dead behind the eyes , bleasdale got let down massively
What the hell happens to racist Ron's laugh at 1:10??
He isn’t racist you fool. Go back to sleep you woke freak
@@daz0086 lol
Lol. Yeah was weird.
Some of the bitterness aimed at Bleasedale, a man who amounts to literally "some random bloke". Is just bizarre. Sad, sad people online. He was a pro manager. He had a UEFA license. You weren't, you didn't. Get over it.
I admire his passion
Are you related to Bleasdale or something? Constantly defending him the comments here
@@HarryMartindale nope. I just thought I'd stand up for the lad in the face of the abuse that comes from you risible r4 tards that's all. Hope that clears things up
@@HarryMartindale nope. I just thought I would stand up for the lad given the disproportionate abuse that is flung at him from a group of social media r e t a r d s, that's all. Hope that clears things up